I would rather have the best candidate appointed to the board.

Francis clearly -- or perhaps, seemingly -- supports the concept of appointing a person on merit rather than any other attribute. Good. So her Endeavour Forum group will drop that nonsense about a "family wage" and fiscal favouritism of certain family types? After all, when merit is the criterion for appointment and subsequent remuneration, then fecundity is irrelevant. It is not employers' responsibility to subsidise the contraceptive failures of their workforce to the detriment of other employees.